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##@&§*~:..                ~~§    §~~                ..:~*§&@##
###@&§*~:.              ~~§  LIFE  §~~              .:~*§&@###
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&§*~:..... ~ ~  § A  MULTITUDE OF DEFINITIONS § ~ ~ .....:~*§&
§*~:...... ~   §    DOES   NOT   HELP.   WE   §   ~ ......:~*§
&§*~:..... §     CAN     SAY     "LIFE     IS     § .....:~*§&
@&§*~:.... ~    §    WHAT   WE   ARE,   AND   §   ~ ....:~*§&@
#@&§*~:... ~  ~  §  WHAT  THINGS  LIKE  US  §  ~  ~ ...:~*§&@#
##@&§*~:.. ~   §   ARE",   BUT   THEN    WE   §   ~ ..:~*§&@##
###@&§*~:. §    MUST    ALSO    DEFINE    WHAT    § .:~*§&@###
##@&§*~:.. ~  §  "THINGS  LIKE  US"  ACTUALLY  §  ~ ..:~*§&@##
#@&§*~:... ~ ~ §  ENTAILS,  HOW  IT SHOULD  §  ~  ~ ...:~*§&@#
@&§*~:.... ~  §   BE   MEASURED,   WHO   OR   §   ~ ....:~*§&@
&§*~:..... §    WHAT    IS    THE    ARBITER,     § .....:~*§&
§*~:...... ~  §  AND   SO   INSTEAD   THERE   §   ~ ......:~*§
&§*~:..... ~   ~   §   IS    THIS   INTERNATIONALLY .....:~*§&
@&§*~:.... SANCTIONED     LIST      §      ~      ~ ....:~*§&@
#@&§*~:... ~ ~  ~ ~  §  OF  CRITERIA  §  ~  ~  ~  ~ ...:~*§&@#
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###@&§*~:. - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      .:~*§&@###
##@&§*~:.. - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  ..:~*§&@##
#@&§*~:... - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  ...:~*§&@#
@&§*~:.... - LIFE CAN STEAL                         ....:~*§&@
&§*~:..... - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     .....:~*§&
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